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Perseverance Rover Will Be Naming Mars Landmarks In The Navajo Language

4:28pm March 17, 2021

As the Perseverance Mars Rover maps out its new home, it will be naming landmarks in the Navajo language. NASA's Aaron Yazzie explains how they translated words for Perseverance to use.

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The massive core stage for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for the core stage Green Run test series.

Science

NASA To Test Rocket In The Next Step Towards Returning To The Moon

1:28pm March 17, 2021

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA is counting down to what should be the final major test of the massive rocket it is building to put the first woman and the next man on the moon.

Science

Perseverance Rover Delivers First Sounds From Mars

7:52am March 14, 2021

Audio recordings from Mars may not sound like much, but according to David Gruel and Roger Wiens at SuperCam, they could have a lot of scientific value.

World News

China, Russia Announce Plan To Build Moon Research Station

9:28am March 10, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The two countries' space agencies say the proposal, which sets no time frame, could include an orbiting station, a base on the surface, or both.

World News

Critics Deride Catalonia's Attempt To Create A Space Agency

6:17am March 10, 2021

by Lucía Benavides

The Spanish province of Catalonia is forming its own space agency to stimulate the high-tech industry. Critics see it as another attempt to separate the region from Spain.

The Cosmos Offered Vermont Residents Quite The Show On Sunday

5:54am March 10, 2021

Like a giant fireball, a meteor the size of a bowling ball streaked across the sky. Witnesses called a radio station and described a loud boom and rattling sound as the object passed overhead.

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Cancer Survivor Hayley Arceneaux To Be The Youngest American To Visit Space

4:11pm March 05, 2021

SpaceX is planning the first all-civilian space mission in a global shift toward more accessible space travel. Hayley Arceneaux will be one of four on board and the youngest American to visit space.

Arts

Not My Job: We Quiz NASA's Swati Mohan On Planets Closer Than Mars

4:54pm February 27, 2021

Swati Mohan was the Guidance and Controls Operations Lead on the NASA Mars 2020 Mission, which successfully landed the newest Mars Rover, Perseverance, on February 18.

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Goal Of NASA's Mars Mission Is To Find Evidence Of Past Life On Mars

5:08am February 25, 2021

NPR's Noel King speaks with Nina Lanza, a geologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Adam Steltzner, chief engineer of the Perseverance Mars rover, about NASA's Mars Exploration Program.

Could Nuclear Power Aid In Travel To Mars?

4:57pm February 24, 2021

by Geoff Brumfiel

Nuclear power is potentially dangerous. So is sending humans to Mars. But some researchers think a nuclear-powered rocket might be the best way to travel to the red planet.